Knowledge and ethics in anthropology : obligations and requirements / edited by Lisette Josephides.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Josephides, Lisette, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strathern, Marilyn.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Anthropological ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Inspired by the work of world-renowned anthropologist Marilyn Strathern, this collection of essays features contributions from a range of internationally recognized scholars - including Strathern herself - which examine a range of methodologies and approaches to the anthropology of knowledge.The book investigates the production of knowledge through a variety of themes, centered on the question of the researcher's obligations and the requirements of knowledge. These range from the obligation to connect with local culture and existing anthropological knowledge, to the need to draw conclusions and circulate what has been learned. Taking up themes that are relevant for anthropology as a whole - particularly the topic of knowledge and the ethics of knowing others, as well as the notion of the local in a global world - Knowledge and Ethics in Anthropology is key reading for students and scholars alike. A thorough introduction to the key concepts and terms used in Strathern's work is provided, making this a fantastic resource for anyone encountering her work for the first time.

Contents:

Obligations and Requirements : The Contexts of Knowledge / Lisette Josephides

Together we are Two : The Disjunctive Synthesis in Affirmative Mode / Lisette Josephides

Desire, Agency and Subjectivity : A Renewal of Theoretical Thinking / Henrietta L. Moore

Apologetics of an Apology and an Apologia / Andrew Moutu

Partible Personhood and Sacrifice in Melanesian Christianity : The New Melanesian Ethnography and the Paradox of Contemporary Religious Efflorescence / Mark Mosko

Priceless Value : From No Money on Our Skins to a Moral Economy of Investment / Karen Sykes

"Cutting the Network" : Mobilisations of Ethnicity/Appropriations of Power in Multinational Corporations / Mitchell W Sedgwick

"Real Britons" : Idiom and Injunctions of Belonging for a Cosmopolitan Society / Nigel Rapport

Dialogue / Marilyn Strathern, Lisette Josephides, Nigel Rapport.

Notes:

"First published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-308580-6

1-000-18964-3

1-000-18301-7

1-003-08580-6

0-85785-672-3

1-4742-1881-4

0-85785-709-6

9781003085805

OCLC:

1158313707